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and a. [Formerly also bevell, as a term of heraldry bevil, bevile, IMG:content-2010.png:[blocks in formation] and the stock. The blade is often curved on the edge to suit the sweep of an arch or vault. See bevel -square. 3. A piece of type-metal nearly type-high, with a beveled edge, used by stereo typers to form the flange on the sides of the plates. Worcester. -4. Same as bevel - angle.-5. In her., an angular break in any right line. II. a . Having the form of a bevel; aslant; sloping; out of the perpendicular; not upright: used figuratively by Shakspere. Heraldic Bevel. (See beveled, 3.) I may be straight though they themselves be bevel . Shak ., Sonnets, cxxi. Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel , without one right angle in any apartment. Swift , Gulliver's Travels, iii. 2. bevel (bev'el), v.; pret. and pp. beveled or bev elled , ppr. beveling or bevelling . [ bevel , n.] 1. IMG:content-2011.png:[blocks in formation] cog-wheel of which the working-face is oblique to the axis. Such a wheel is commonly used in con- nection with another revolving with a shaft at right angles to that of the first. These wheels are often called conical wheels, as their general form is that of frusta of cones. See bevel - gear . beveled, bevelled (bev'eld), p . a . 1. Having bevel-wise (bev'el-wiz), adv. In her., in the a bevel; formed with a bevel-angle.-2. In form or direction of a bevel: said of a ribbon mineral ., replaced by two planes inclining equal or pennon charged thus upon the field. Also ly upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; ge; havhav- bevel -ways. ing its edges replaced as above, as a cube or beverlt, n. An obsolete form of beaver1 . other solid.-3. In her ., broken by an acute bever2t, n. An obsolete form of beaver2 . bever angle: thus, in the cut under bevel , the blazon bever3t (bē'ver), n. [Now chie chiefly E. dial.; also would be a chief vert, beveled . - Beveled bushing, bewail (bē-wal'), v. [ bewailen , beweilen , biwailen , etc., be- + wailen , wail: see be -1 and wail .] I. trans. To mourn aloud for; bemoan; lament; expre deep sorrow for: as, to bewail the lo of a child. Go, give your tears to those that lose their worths. Bewail their miseries. Fletcher, Val ent in i an, iv. 4. The nightingale II. in trans. To expre grief. Mourning and bewailing exceedingly. written beaver , bever , later also bevoir , boever, boivre , mod. F. boire = It. bewail able (be-wa'la-bl), a . [ bewail + -able .] bevere bevere, bere (ML. drink, bibere , drink: see bibl , bibber . bewailer (bē-wa'ler), n. Hence beverage .] 1. A collation or slight re- past between meals. Are. What, at your bever , gallants? Mor. Will 't please your ladyship to drink? laments. bewailing (bē-wa'ling), n. Lamentation. bewailingly (bē-wa'ling-li), adv . In a bewail- ing manner. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. bewail ment (bē-wal'ment), n. [ bewail + Some twenty mark a-year! will that maintain Scarlet and gold lace, play at th' ordinary, And bevers at the tavern? 2. Formerly, at some colleges and schools, a slight meal which the students received at the buttery-hatch and took to their rooms. No scholar shall be absent above an hour at morning bever and half an hour at evening bever. When I was at Eton-now more than thirty years ago the boys on the foundation were supplied in the dining hall with an intermediate meal (if meal it could be called), which went under the name of beaver . According to my recollection it consisted of beer only, and the hour was 4 P. M. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 454. [ bever without A. Brewer (?), Lingua, ii. 1. bever3t (bē'ver), v. i. bever or slight repast Your gallants never sup, IMG:content-2012.png:[ocr errors] beverage (bev'e-raj), n. [Early mod. E. also beveridge , beuvrage , etc., beverage , bev- erege, beverache, beurage , etc. (cf. ML. bever a- gium), bevrage , beuvrage , breuvraige , mod. F. breuvage (= Pr. beurage = Sp. bebrage = Pg . beberagem = It. beveraggio ; ML. as if * bi- beraticum), boivre = It. bevere , bi- bere , drink: see bever3 , n., and -age .] 1. Drink of any kind; liquor for drinking: as, water is the common beverage ; intoxicating beverages . A pleasant beverage he prepared before Of wine and honey mixed. 2. A name given specifically to various kinds of refreshing drinks. (a) In Devons hire, England, water-cider; a drink made by pa ing water through the crushed apples from which cider has been made. (b) A liquor made by pa ing water through the pre ed grapes after the wine has been expre ed. Touching price and quality of a liquor or drink called in England " bevaradge " and in France "pimpeene." Record Soc. Lancashire and Cheshire , xi. 117. (c) In the West Indies, a drink made of sugar-cane juice and water. 3. In Great Britain, drink-money, or a treat provided with drink-money, as on wearing a new suit of clothes, or on receiving a suit from the tailor; a treat on first coming into prison; a garnish. [Obsolete or dialectal.] bevewt, n. See bevue . bevel-jack (bev'el-jak), n. A device used in transmitting motion from a motor to a machine. It consists of a pair of bevel-gears, one of which is con- nected with a tumbling-shaft turned by the motor, while the other has a pulley which by a belt drives the machine. bevel-joint (bev'el-joint), п. A miter or slopbevil, bevile, n. In her ., same as bevel , 5. ing joint having its faces dre ed to an angle, generally of 45°. bevel-plater (bev'el-plā"tèr), n. A machine for rolling the bevel-edged plates of shin- gling and veneering saws. bevel-protractor (bev'el-pro-traktor), n. drafting instrument with a pivoted arm sliding upon a graduated sector, bevue (be-vü'), n. [Formerly also bevew , bévue , OF. besvue , bé- , bes- ( bis- , double), + vue , view: see view .] An error of inadver- tence; a slip. [Rare.] beware , and then was cla ed by some authors with the numerous verbs in be -1, and inflected accordingly; hence the erroneous forms be- wares in Ben Jonson, and bewared in Dryden. This confusion may have been promoted by the existence of a ME. verb bewaren , show, exhibit, descended, with some change of sense, from AS. be war i an , guard, keep, preserve (= OFries. biwaria = D. bewaren = OĤG. biwarōn , MHG. bewaren, G. bewahren = Sw. bevara = Dan. be- vare , keep, guard), be- + warian , guard, wær , cautious, observant, E. warel , as in be ware above. In the quotation from Chaucer, below, both forms appear. See warel .] To be wary or cautious; be on one's guard; exercise care or vigilance: properly two words, be ware , con- sisting of the infinitive or imperative of be with the adjective ware : followed by of , expre ed or understood, with the force of 'against,' 'in regard to': as, beware of evil a ociations; be- ware how you step; " beware the bear, " Scott . Thus oughte wise men ben ware of folis; If thou do so thi witte is wele bywared [shown]. IMG:content-2013.png:[blocks in formation] Beware the pine-tree's withered branch, Beware the awful avalanche. Long fellow , Excelsior. bewash (be-wosh'), v . t. [ wash .] To drench with water. [Rare.] Let the maids bewash the men. Herrick, St. Distaff's Day. beweep (bē-wēp'), v .; pret. and pp. bewept , ppr. beweeping. [ bewepen , biwepen , be- wepan (= OFries. biwēpa = OS. biwōpian ), be- + wepan , weep: see be -1 and weep .] I. trans. bevy (bev'i), n.; pl. bevies (-iz). [Early mod. E. also beary , beavie , bery , bevey , beve , beueye [printed deueye ] des heronez," in a poem cited by Leo, Rect. Sing. Perso- narum, p. 40); ef. It. " beva , a beavie," Florio: applied esp. to a flock of birds and thence to a company of ladies; orig., perhaps, a drinking company, or a number of animals at a water- ing-place, being thus a particular use of OF. bevee, buvee , drink, drinking (ef. It. beva , a drink), bevre = It. bevere , drink: see bever3 , n ., and beverage .] 1. A flock of birds, espe- cially of larks or quails.-2. A small company or troop, as of roebucks, heifers, etc.-3. А group or small company of persons, especially of girls or women, but also used of the male sex: as, "a bevy of powdered coxcombs," Gold- smith ; "a bery of renegades," Macaulay , Hist. Eng. IMG:content-2014.png:[blocks in formation] bewet